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When you have an 18th century-esque dress that looks like this: It just begs for a hat. And who am I to deny the dress what it wants? I began by looking for a base hat: I would have preferred one with a flatter crown, but, I didn’t have one, and I didn’t feel like…

The musical “Cinderella” (Broadway Version) ends with a grand wedding scene and the marriage of Ella and the Prince. We did not have a costume suitable for the officiate at the wedding in our costume stock, so we needed to create one. I did want to be careful that it was strictly “representative” of a…

In this new version of “Cinderella” the character of “Prince Charming”, aka Topher, has been developed beyond his usual one-dimensional stereotype. His parents were written out of the new script (which is a bit sad, as they had some great songs and lines in the older version) and instead his parental figure is the evil,…

This little hat came from making Nutcracker Costumes. Some of the girls will be dressed as Hot Chocolate Cups. Another parent is doing the crafting part (not as easy as it looked on Pinterest . . .isn’t that the story of life, lol?). I agreed to sew the brown “hot chocolate” fabric toppers. I made…

“Starbucks” Coffee Cup Costumes are quite the trend right now, and wouldn’t you know, our Dance Coach (DC) decided they should be a part of the Nutcracker production. Dancing Candy . . Dancing Coffee . . . all part of the fun. Google “Starbucks Coffee Costume” and you can see images of many variations on…

My last post was an Edwardian dress upcycled from a peacock blue Prom dress that I have loved for years. A beautiful dress is one thing . . . but when you add an over-the-top, oversized picture-style hat, well, there are no words. So, I have never made a hat, but I have read about hat…